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May 07, 2024
Utilizing Behavioral Health Research to Inform Policy: A Conversation with Dr. Rhonda Boyd
As the youth behavioral health crisis has grown in the past several years, members of PolicyLab’s Behavioral Health portfolio have continued to think…
May 03, 2024
Syringe Services Programs Are Critical for Adolescents and Young Adults: Research and Clinical Perspectives
As physicians who take care of young people with substance use disorders, we recognize the significance of harm reduction approaches in helping…
Apr 25, 2024
Policy and Social Care Move Fast: How Rapid Qualitative Methods Can Help Researchers Match Their Pace
The field of social care integration, which refers to the study and implementation of clinically based programs to address the social needs of…
Apr 16, 2024
The Heat Is Turned Up: Focus on Climate Solutions for Kids
2023 was the hottest year on record and 2024 is predicted to rank among the top five warmest years. Extreme heat at this scale can be a danger to not…
Apr 03, 2024
A Sense of Purpose Can Support Teen Mental Health
Adolescence–the years between about 10 to about 25–is an essential time to help young people proactively build positive mental health and well-being…
Mar 28, 2024
Q&A: Engaging Communities to Alleviate Period Poverty with Lynette Medley
There are 16.9 million women, girls and all other people who experience a menstrual cycle in the United States living in poverty, many of whom are…
Mar 14, 2024
Supporting Early Literacy by Reaching Families Beyond the Exam Room Walls in 200 Words
March marks the celebration of National Reading Month! At PolicyLab and Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia (RORGP), we champion the role of…
Mar 05, 2024
Eating Disorders Affect Boys and Men Too—Research and Policy Need to Catch Up
A Google image search for “eating disorders” will return countless photos of young girls and women staring miserably at a plate or at the number on a…
Feb 29, 2024
Can a Virtual Exercise Program Improve Outcomes for Teens Living with Heart Transplants?
Every year more than 400 children in the U.S. get a heart transplant. While science has advanced to the point that most of these children will have a…
Feb 27, 2024
The Medical Legal Partnership Model: A Holistic Approach to Family Well-being
We know that a person’s well-being depends on more than biological factors that can be measured by an x-ray or stopped by an antibiotic. It also…
Jan 25, 2024
Philadelphia’s Persistently High Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates Require a Response
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a national increase in infant mortality rates for the first time in 20 years…
Dec 21, 2023
Pennsylvania’s 1115 Waiver Application: An Opportunity to Support Children’s Health in 200 Words
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (PA DHS) recently posted its Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver application, “Bridges to…
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